• The definitive reference manual for Ruby programmers.
• Up-to-date and expanded for Ruby version 1.8.
• Complete documentation of all built-in classes, modules, and methods.
• Complete descriptions of all 98 standard libraries.
• 200+ pages of new content in this edition.
• NEW: Learn more about Ruby’s web tools, unit testing, and programming philosophy.

The Ruby Way assumes that the reader is already familiar with the subject matter. Using many code samples it focuses on “how-to use Ruby” for specific applications, either as a stand-alone language, or in conjunction with other languages.

Topics covered include:

• Simple data tasks;
• Manipulating structured data;
• External data manipulation;
• User interfaces;
• Handling threads;
• System programming;
• Network and web programming;
• Tools and utilities.